Michigan Accountancy Foundation Awards Scholarships to Accounting Students

Seventeen Michigan college students will receive the annual MAF Fifth/Graduate Year Scholarship

2013-06-27

FARMINGTON HILLS, MI, June 27, 2013 (Press-News.org) The Michigan Accountancy Foundation (MAF), a non-profit organization that promotes excellence in accounting education, selected 17 Michigan college students as recipients of its annual MAF Fifth/Graduate Year Scholarship.

Each recipient of the MAF Fifth/Graduate Year Scholarship will receive $3,000, a combined total of $51,000 to help fund their fifth/graduate year of college. Several of the students received special-named scholarships.

Established in 1961, MAF is affiliated with the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants (MACPA) and assists accounting students by helping to fund their college education and by providing resources to college educators. Since its founding, MAF has provided nearly $1 million to students.

Grand Valley State University
Mitch Boerman (Dorr)
Adriana Garcia-Gonzalez (Wyoming) - 2013 Michigan Steering Committee Minority Scholarship
Anabel Garcia-Gonzalez (Wyoming) - 2013 Michigan Steering Committee Minority Scholarship
Daniel Greer (Rochester Hills) - MACPA/John Pridnia Leadership Scholarship
Stefan Kocaj (Royal Oak) - MACPA/Guy Gordon Partnered Scholarship
Tiffany Williams (Cassopolis) - 2013 Michigan Steering Committee Minority Scholarship

Michigan State University
Elizabeth Campo (Rochester Hills)
Allison Kloc (Belleville)
Kelly Wogan (Rochester Hills) - Robert Bogan Scholarship

Oakland University
Jennifer Hildebrand (New Baltimore)
Matthew Listrom (Clinton Township)

University of Michigan - Dearborn
Monica Bailey (Royal Oak)
Josef Zenicki (Livonia)

Walsh College
Danielle Dorsette (Farmington Hills) - 2013 Michigan Steering Committee Minority Scholarship
Kathryn McEachin (Troy) - MACPA/Drusilla Farwell Foundation Partnered Scholarship
Nicol Paige (West Bloomfield) - 2013 Michigan Steering Committee Minority Scholarship

Western Michigan University
Alexander DiBartolomeo (Troy)

The MAF supports accounting education in an effort to lead students into the constantly changing CPA arena. Through its mission, the MAF promotes excellence in accounting education while attracting the best and the brightest to the profession. The Foundation is funded by voluntary contributions, which are tax deductible. Visit the MACPA web site for more information at http://www.michcpa.org/MAF.

The Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants is a diversified, professional, member-driven organization serving nearly 17,500 CPAs and affiliated professionals throughout Michigan. Visit MACPA's web site at http://www.michcpa.org.

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